Rope or line holder



(No Model.)

W.- H. HOLDER.

EoPE 0E LINE HOLDER. No. 415,169. Patented Nov. 12, 18,89.

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W/'IWESSES JW @y INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VIIIIIIAM II. HOLDER, OF SEELYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HAIJF TO EDVIN II. CARSVELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

ROPE OR LINE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,169, dated November 12, 1889. Application led October 8, 1888. Serial No. 287,572.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: which have open-ended slots, which serve as Be it known that I, VILLIAM Il. HOLDER, a bearing for the shaft of a pulley C. The a citizen of the United States of America, reshells B and B are provided with webs D, siding at Seelyville, in the county of Wayne which extend from the opening or trans- 55 5 and State of Pennsylvania, have invented verse slot E in the peripheryof the casing to certain new and useful Improvements in the slot E opposite thereto, and adjacent to Rope or Line Holders; and I do hereby dethis web the shell B is provided with solid clare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- portionseand e,with screw-threaded recesses, act description of the invention, such as will with which the screws fand f', for holding 6o ro enable others skilled in the art to which it the oase together, engage. The portion e has appertains to make and use the same, referan outwardly-projecting tongue e2, which ence being had to the accompanying drawserves as a guide for the strap. The shells ings, and to letters or figures of reference may also have projecting portions l Z', the marked thereon, which form a part of this portion Z servingasa guide for the rope, while 65 r 5 specification. the portion Z serves as a hood, which extends My invention relates to certain new and partially over the pulley'O. useful improvements in line or strap hold- To the center of the casing is pivoted by ers, the object of the same being to provide means of a bolt F a cam G, the edge dea device by means of which lines or straps signed to contact with the strap being ser- 7c 2o can be adjusted, tightened, or made secure, rated, and this cani is provided with a knob, the device being intended to be attached to which projects through the curved slot g in a permanent support to which the fastening the casing B, so that said cam can be raised mechanism is pivotally secured, so as to adthereby. If desirable, the cams maybe faced just itself to the line of draft. with rubber. 75

The device is adapted to be used in tight- Above the center of the casing Bis formed ening lines, as clothes-lines, upon hitchinga bridge H, the upper surface of which is posts, and many other such uses in which it curved, and above this bridge are guideis desired to make a line or strap fast, so that tongues h 71 between which the periphery of it can be readily loosened or detached from the casing has openings through which a rope 8o 3o the fastening when desired. may be passed. Above the tongues or in- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is wardly-projecting strips 7L h, so as to operate a perspective view of my improved line and between them, is a cam I, having a serrated strap holder. Fig. 2 is a view showing the face and projecting knob i, which extends cap removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view ot' the through a curved slot, this cam being pivot- 85 35 yoke or support. ally secured by a pin or rivet i2, which passes A refers to the yoke or support for the casthrough one end of the cam and through the ing, the ends of which are formed with studs casing. v

a a., to which the casing is pivotaily attached. On the outer plane surface of the cap B The base-plate A of the yoke is provided are pivoted levers K and K', each of which 9o 4o centrally with-a perforation through which is bent at an angle, as shown, one end of passes abolt for attaching the yoke to abuildthese levers being provided with an operating or post. If desirable, the studs a ct,in ing-cord, while the other end is adapted to stead of being formed integral with the ends engage With the knobs g and fi for raising the of the yoke, may be screw-threaded, so that cams.

45 by turning them they may be withdrawn from This improved line-holder is adapted to rethe arms. ceive either a rope or strap. Vhen it is de- The casing is made up of two parts or shells sired to fasten a rope, it is passed through the I3 and B', which are recessed, so that the studs perforations in the periphery of the casing a d will engage therewith. These shells are and will be guided through the saine by the loo 5o provided on their peripheries with transverse tongues 7i h and bridge H, this bridge also projections b and b', and also with lugs c c, providing a surface against which the rope will be pressed when held by the eain. When it is desired to secure a strap, it is passed through the slotted openings E and E', and is guided by the portions e, e ,and e2 within the casing and/outside of the easing by the transverse projections b and h.

This device is admirably adapted to be applied to a bitching-post, where it can be used for lengaging with halters, whether made of rope or leather strap.

When it is desired to use the device for tightening clothes-lines, by drawing upon the line it may be tightened, and when it is desired to loosen the line by simply drawing upon the cord operating the lever the cam will be raised to disengage it from theline. By having the easing swiveled to the yoke it will turn upon its pivot, so as to be always parallel with the line of draft.

I am aware that prior to my invention cams held between suitable frames have been employed in connection with bitching-posts, also for fastening li-nes, and I do not therefore claim the use of the cams, broadly; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in a line or strap holder, of the yoke A, pivotally supporting a twopart casing, said casing having openings formed in the periphery thereof, and a bridge H, a cam pivotally secured between the casings and provided with a knob which eX tends through one shell of the easing operating said cam, and a pulley supported ad j aoent to one of the openings in the periphery of the casing, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the yoke, the casing consisting of the shells B and B', pivotally supported in the yoke and provided with Curved slots, cams G and I, with projecting knobs which extend t-hrough one of the shells, a Circular opening and a slotted opening eX- tending through said easing, and solid portions D and I-I beneath the'cams, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In Combination with the casings B and B, having gravity-Cams G and I, pivoted one above the other within the same, said cams having projecting portions which extend through slot-s in the casing, and levers K and K', pivoted to the casing to engage with said knobs for operating `the earns, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I afl-lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM I'I. HOLDER. lifitiiesses:

CHAs. A. DRUCKELBERG, DANIEL PEIL. 

